Twine-cutter.



No. 879,738. PATENTED FEB. 18, 1908.

- P. B. CALDWELL.

TWINB CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPTJL 1907.

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one of the principal ob]ects of the saine is to UNiTED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

FRED B. CALDWELL, OF KENESAW, NEBRASKA.

TWINE-CUTTER.

No. 879,733. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 18, 1908. Application led September 11. 1907. Serial No. 392411.

To all whom 'it may concern: twine cutter, said twine cutter having an an- Be it known that l, FRED B. CALDWELL7 a gular shank 3 which is riveted at 4 to the ring. citizen ofthe United States, residing at Kenel Extending at right angles to the shank 3 is a saw, in the county of Adams and State of Nel member 5 riveted at 6 to the ring, said rivets one to the other. A backwardly curved provemeiits in Twine-Cutters, of which the I cutter blade 7 is 'formed on the portion 5, said following is a specification.

This invention relates to twine cutters and yond the body of the ring, the cutting edge S of said cutter being disposed upon the concaved side of the curved blade.

ln cutting a cord or piece of twine with my provide a twine cutter comprising a blade secured to a finger ring, said blade being backwardly curved so that a pull backward braska, have invented new and useful Iml 4 and 6 being substantially at right angles, l blade curving backwardly and extending be-,

upon the hand will sever a cord or twine. cutter the twine is passed. between the ring Another object of the invention is to proand the cutter in the space 9, and doubled vide a twine cutter in which the blade exaround the cutter. A slight inoveinent of tends tangentially from the ring and is the handwill cut the cord.

curved backwardly so that a piece of cord or l From the foregoing i't will be obvious that twine engaged between the iing and blade l niy invention is of simple construction.7 can may be readilyT cut by a slight movement of be made to fit index fingers of various sizes, the hand. l can be manufactured at slight cost and has These and other objects may be attained been found very e'liicient for its purpose.

by means of the construction illustrated in Having thus described the invention, what the accompanying drawing, in which is claimed as new, is

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating The herein described twine cutter comprismy twine cutter upon the index finger of a ing a ring, a shank riveted to the ring, a niemhand in position for use. Fig. 2 is a central ber extending at right angles to said shank vertical section through the twine cutter and and riveted to the ring, and a curved cutting the ring to which it is attached. Fig. 3 is a blade extending backwardly from said ring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature perspective view of the same. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the twine cutter. l in presence of two witnesses.

Referring to the drawing for a more specific FRED B. CALDWELL description of my invention, the numeral l l Witnesses:

designates a plain band ring adapted to fit A. A. AEMITAGE,

the index linger of the hand and 2 is the OEviLLE J. CALDWELL. 

